Yassamin Ansari
Democrat
· AZ-3 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Natural Resources · House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform · Information Technology · and Government Innovation · Energy Policy · and Regulatory Affairs
Influence Score
40.5
Least exposed
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This score measures financial influence across twelve categories. Each bar shows how this member compares to all others in Congress. Longer bars mean more exposure.
Score breakdown — twelve categories
Contributionsmoney from PACs (political action committees) and individual donors
1.5
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
4.1
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$2,552,339
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$132,550
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
4.0
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
6.0
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
0.0
/ 6
Stock tradesbuying stocks in industries they regulate
0.0
/ 1
Dark moneyfunding from groups that hide their donors
0.0
/ 2
Outbound money distributionmoney this member sends out to the party and to colleagues
10.2
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
3.1
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
1.3
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
2.3
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
DMFI PAC
$5,000 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $22.91M in lobbying from FARA-registered firms representing Japan, South Korea, Saudi Arabia. This exposure is weighted at 0.2% of face value in the score — $46K.
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
FAIRSHAKE
Total money from this network
$1,367,647
Number of funding networks contributing
1
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Where most of the money comes from
What share of their combined contributions and outside spending comes from a single network. Party committees are excluded.
Network
UNITE THE COUNTRY
Share from this one network
4.3%
Amount from this network
$20,500
Total from all networks
$477,171
Networks contributing
96
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Who funds Ansari
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$2,816,096
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Does the money match their power?
Whether their money comes from the industries their committees actually oversee
Money from industries they regulate
6.5%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
74.9%
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Money timed to key votes
Donations arriving near key votes in the policy areas this member regulates
No suspicious timing patterns detected.
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$3.02M
USPS
$2.06M
AH CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$1.75M
GREYLOCK
$1.28M
UNITED AIRLINES
$1.28M
FORD MOTOR
$1.21M
VERIZON RSRCS
$1.16M
UNITED AIRLINES
$854K
AFSCME INT L
$564K
VERIZON RSRCS
$545K
DELTA AIR LINES
$534K
APS
$523K
SV ANGEL
$517K
USPS
$510K
SCHUSTERMAN INTERESTS
$505K
LAUDER
$500K
STATE ELECTRIC SECTOR ADVOCACY
$475K
OMAHA FIRE DEPT
$465K
ELECTRIC BOAT
$441K
GENERAL MOTORS
$436K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Yassamin Ansari comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
By funding network
FAIRSHAKE
$1.37M
DMFI PAC
$571K
SAVE AMERICA FUND
$425K
MAINSTREAM DEMOCRATS PAC
$126K
WFP IE COMMITTEE
$76K
PROGRESSNOW AZ - FEDERAL
$56K
NUESTRO PAC
$40K
PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS FOR ARIZONA
$11K
WORKING FOR WORKING AMERICANS - FEDERAL
$9K
REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL FREEDOM FUND
$5K
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Pro-Israel network donors
This counts contributions to this member from individuals whose FEC filings also show contributions to one of the 16 pro-Israel political action committees tracked by the Index. It is a measure of donor overlap — not a claim about why any individual gave, and not part of the influence score.
43 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $140K to Yassamin Ansari across 100 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$140K
Shared contributors
43
Contributions
100
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 36 | 59 | $103K |
| 2026 | 18 | 41 | $37K |
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Yassamin Ansari ranks among the least exposed members of this Congress relative to their colleagues. Money may flow, but the votes do not track the top funding networks. Least exposed is a relative position, not a finding of no exposure.
Data: FEC (Federal Election Commission) filings · 118th–119th Congress · lobbying disclosures · VoteView recorded votes
All findings derived programmatically from public records · No prior knowledge required
All findings derived programmatically from public records · No prior knowledge required